The mystery of the lucky penny

Everyone knows that if you find a penny outside and you pick it up, you will have good luck. That's why some people say, "Find a penny. Pick it up and all day you'll have good luck." Mandy was ten years old and she quite liked shiny things. So when she was walking home from school one day and she saw a penny on the road, she smiled and bent down to pick it up. She held it in her hand, admiring its glimmer. "It must be my lucky day," she said. Little did she know ... That night Mandy decided that her breath didn't smell so great, so she put in some gum and forgot she was chewing it until the next morning, but the gum was no longer in her mouth. "Owwww" Mandy said, as her mom tried to pry the sticky gum out of her hair. "I don't get it I picked up a penny I should have good luck" she thought. Finally her mom pried the gum out of her hair, but there still remained a problem. Mandy now had a bald spot in her hair since her mom not only ripped the gum out of Mandy's hair she also ripped out Mandy's hair!. Throughout the day horrible things happened including, mud, a dodge ball, and flour. At the end of the day Mandy sat down on her bed she sighed. She pulled out the penny "stupid penny" she mumbled then she through it out the window. The next day Mandy woke up with no gum in her hair. "well that teaches me a lesson" Mandy said. Never pick up pennies and expect good luck.